Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-04-29
Sarm Copies.
THE BURNING QUESTION.
FURTHER OBSERVATIONS BY THE sEPA-
RATOR MEN.
VERGENNEs. Vt, April Is, 1887.


tisms of the statements of Mr.. lIazen and
Mr. Allen have drawn from those gentle
|nen the following letters. They dislike
TO be misrepresented and Mr.. lIazen
writes, in a private letter, that if he sees
much more such he can and will give such
testimony as will make them wish they
had let him alone. lie further writes
| hat he is now getting one pound of but
er from II l-2 pounds of milk through
he use of the separator. This, in herd
F 30 Jersey cows, is remarkable yield
md shows great care in selection and
breeding. Mr.. EIazen is president of the
New England Creamery association. |
Think Mr.. Aliens letter will serve to
answer Mr.. Dorsey's challenge to me to
produce a single Cooley cream-gathering
creamery which has been changed into Il
separator creamery; and it seems in this
base it was not matter of convenience,
but of necessity; and it seems that the
|eparator has found new mission and is
o be used in cream-gathering creameries
10 cleanse Cooley cream. Mr.. Aliens
letter also pretty thoroughly settles the
prize question of the Bay State fair:
HAZEN's MILLS, y. H., April :, 1ss7.
MIR. A. ID. EvARTs,
| Sir see an article in the Middlebury Reg
/ ster written by Mr.. Dorsey in answer to one
Judge you wrote | do not wish to be drawn
into any dispute or argument as to the various
methods OF conducting crealneries and would
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placements and doings. First, he says only
|Ise the separator for my private herd ot ~ or
% cows. | would say my private herd com
prises 1870 in milk about 100 of which are n.
/. j. G.. {. Reg.
Second, last year bought cream from $50
lows in Il different lots. two of which zone OF
10 and one of II cows used the Cooley, one of
| the Mosecy Il Stoddard and all the rest the
large open square pan. The square pan sys-
EN- did not churn with the Cooley. This year
hose same farmers have increased their herds
10 about 400. All living within two miles will
fring whole milk; one, living about four
.niles, will also bring whole milk. These will
comprise about 80 cows. The balance live
tx to ten miles away ON several different
foads so that ii would be too much expense to
BRING it every day and they bring the cream
vice week and in very hot weather three
lines.
Again, he says Mr.. IIazcn says he cannot
advocate the separator system Tor cooperative
fairyng, but does advocate and uses the
Cooley system. This is part true, but not the
whole truth. In answer to letter received
Iooley best for cooperative dairyin@ replied
hat thought better results could be obtained
BY bringing the milk to the creamcry,EO mat
| er what system was used there, rs il would
| II be under the control OF the Dutter.makcr
Whose reputation was ut stake; but where
patrons lived ut II distance so remote from the
reamery that it would be too much expense
10 carry the milk that believed the Cooley to
Pc the best system. have always been on
+ery friendly terms with Mr.. Williams and
Rther members of the Vermont Farm Machine
To-, and dislike very much to get into any
controversy with them and would not have
one so under any conditions had not been
compelled to do so to defend myself against
he false statements OF their agents. one who
as been in this country has been told more
han once that statements he was making were
us" by parties To whom he was making them,
they told him they knew me, that had told
hem different and that they knew me too
veil To believe would tell two stories.
Yours very truly,
SHREWSBURY. Mass April IL, lSs7.
Editor Register:-ln II recent issue OF your
,aper was an Article from the pen OF J. w.
Dorsey criticiZin. an article which | had
3hOrtly before writtci. Now | disclaim any
c-ire to enter upon IL controversy with that
Gentleman, but would like the favor of your
columns to correct an erroneous impression
which he seems to have formed He stated
hat we were Obliged to put in Cooley cans
II our patronage would 90 to II neighboring
cooley factory. | stated in my article that
bout one halt OF our daily production of but
er was from cream raised in Cooley cans and
gathered at farmers doors; but we do not
FATHER it. We buy ii direct OF "thc ncighbor-
NJ factory" the Marlborough creamery. We
ever have put in any Cooleys, and none OF
pur patrons, il he refers to dairies, ever had
my desire to my knowledge to send to that
reamery or probably ever will, rs they are
hot located right to make ii profitable if they
o desired. The neighborng factory started
asst year with Cooley cans and sold large
hare OF the cream to us After seeing the
Workings of our separator the stockholders
If that factory last week voted to put in II
separator. 1t is in and commenced running
oday. 1t the gentleman in referring to loss
bt patronage means customers, | will say we
lid lose one and had complaints from several
Dthers We Investigated and found that the
butter which did not give satisfaction was
hade from Cooley can cream. We Immediate
commenced and have always continued to
un all our Cooley cream through the separat
pr, which cleanses it, making it equally as
good, and 1t now gives perfect satisfaction
you'd give the whole story 1t would be seen
hat there were many Cooley prizes ahead of
him at the fair; that Cooley butter scored 100
points and Shelburne Falls scored 81 points"
Both statements true. One was IA private
LARRY and not creamery. They were both for
bOnt butter and each scored five points TOR
he handsome and attractive manner in which
hey were put up, which tub butter didn't have
ind stood wholly ON quality. They took II
briZe OF $40. We took the largest one offered,
E3O have yet to hear OF II tair at which the
argest Is not the first prize and is awarded
o the class in which it is most difficult to APP
1)rOach perfection. The managers OF the Bay
ttate so considered it and so uwur ed and
published the first butter prize of the tair to
shrewsbury creamery. II there are any
oubting farmers, we should he pleased to
show them the documents. Now don't want
10 be understood rs belittling the Cooley cans.
hey are valuable where il il not profitable
% handle the whole milk. wish Mr.. Dorsey,
heir agent could induce our farmers here To
put them in; we would gladly buy the cream
nd run il through the separator, getting the
sam" result without handling so much milk.
II. +. ALLEN.
also have a LETTER from Mr. + 4 porl,